Global Quality Management System Lead

US-PA-Cranberry Township

Requisition :

Type: Full-Time

# of Openings: 1

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The Global Quality Management System Lead is responsible for developing, implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving the global Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.

This role serves as the subject matter expert for the QMS, drives global standardization and governance of quality processes, and delivers training to ensure employees understand the QMS, its elements, and their roles and responsibilities in its effective implementation. The role also leads audit and management review activities, and uses quality system performance data to identify and advance continual improvement opportunities.

The position partners closely with Manufacturing Quality, Supplier Quality, Product Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, and other functional teams to integrate QMS requirements into business processes and strengthen quality system effectiveness globally.

• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve the global QMS to ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulatory requirements, and company policies.
• Serve as the QMS subject matter expert and advise leadership and functional teams on requirements, interpretations, and best practices.
• Lead the development, revision, approval, deployment, and governance of global quality policies, procedures, standards, and work instructions.
• Establish and maintain a global QMS framework that promotes consistent application across regions, sites, and functions while accommodating applicable local regulatory requirements.
• Define QMS governance, process ownership, and accountability to ensure the system remains effective and aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with regional and site Quality leaders to implement global QMS requirements and resolve inconsistencies in execution.
• Monitor changes to applicable standards and regulatory requirements and lead the assessment and implementation of necessary QMS updates.

• Develop and maintain a risk-based global internal audit program that evaluates QMS conformity, implementation, and effectiveness.
• Coordinate and oversee internal audits, including audit planning, execution, reporting, and corrective-action follow-up.
• Establish and maintain internal auditor qualification, training, and competency requirements.
• Coordinate external certification, surveillance, customer, and regulatory audits and serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
• Ensure audit findings, nonconformances, and corrective actions are appropriately contained, investigated, addressed, and verified for effectiveness.
• Analyze audit results and recurring findings to identify systemic risks, common failure modes, and opportunities for global improvement.
• Monitor certification status and compliance obligations and escalation significant compliance concerns to appropriate leadership.

• Plan, coordinate, and…